Stove door and shelf



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W. J. TURPIN. STOVE DOOR AND SHELF. No. 426,083. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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STOVE DOOR AND SHELF.

No. 426,083. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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'iIlllIIlllllllll/IlliiiiiillillllliT UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. 'lURPlN, OF OAKDALE STATION, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN P. GILMOUR, OF MCDONALD, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE DOOR AND SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,083, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed July 20, 1889 Serial No. 318,124- (No model.)

T Ml w it may we n: be employed. Pivoted on the under surface Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. TURPIN, a of each shelf is the lever f, this lever being resident of Oakdale Station, in the county of preferably pivoted back of the middle or cen- Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have ter point in the length of the shelf, as it is 5 invented a new and useful Improvement in found that a more satisfactory movement is Steve Doors and Shelves; andl do hereby deobtained when so pivoted. I find the bestclare the following to be a full, clear, and exmovement is obtained by pivoting the lever act description thereof. at about the point indicated in the drawings My invention relates to doors and shelves at f, near the rear end of the shelf. As the 10 for the ovens of stoves, ranges, &c., its object lever swings in a certain radius and it is debeing to provide a convenient and ready sired to guide its movement so that it will be means of drawing out the shelves or trays of in position to be engaged by the door or to the even by means of suitable mechanism limit its movement in opening the door and which may connect said doors to the shelves drawing out the shelf, as well as to support 15 or release them therefrom, as may be dethe forward end of the lever, a band f is sesired. cured to the shelf and extends under the My invention consists in certain improvelever, its ends forming steps or shoulders f merits and combinations of parts found def, for the purpose above indicated. This sirable in producing the above result, all of band f is so secured to the bottom of the 20 which will be more fully hereinafter set shelf 0 that the portion between its ends or forth. shoulders f f will be slightly raised in order To enable others skilled in the art to make to allow the lever f to move freely under the and use my invention, I will describe the same same from side to side. Any suitable form of a more fully, referring to the accompanying guide for said lever f may, however, be em- 5 drawings, in which ployed which will permit the lever f to swing Figure l. is a horizontal section of a stove, the required radius. showing the position of the parts when the The lever fmay either be straight orcurved, door is shut, the lower shelf being shown. as shown, the curved lever having the ad- Fig. 2 is a like view showing the position of vantage that it will permit the swinging of 30 the parts when the door is open. Fig. 3 is a the door farther to one side without coming cross seetion, and Fig. 4 is a bottom view, of in contact with the end of the door, as hereone of the shelves. inafter described, and will therefore permit Like letters of reference indicate like parts the farther opening of the door. The lever f in each. and the guide band or strip f maybe formed 3 5 In the drawings, a is the oven of any stove of sheet metal or other material suitable for or range I), and it may be supplied with any the purpose. "W here the shelf rests upon the number of shelves desired, according to the base of the 0ve11,as in the lower shelf 0', height of said even. These shelves or trays (shown in the drawings,) its lever 9 may be may be either of the common gridiron form held in place and guided in its movement by 9 4 or plain sheets, the former, however, being the base of the oven, the guide-stop being preferable. These shelves are indicated in omitted and shouldcrs such as at f f"-bethe drawings by the letters 0 c. The upper ing formed on the base of the shelf to reguonec of said shelves is supported and adapted late the movement of the lever. to move back and forth in suitable guides (Z, The door h of the stove or range is of the 45 secured to the side walls of the even a, and ordinary shape employed, the ordinarystoveat a proper distance from the top thereof. door extending out beyond the walls of the The lower shelf 0 is also adapted to move in stove, and a recess or space being so formed the guide 6, which may be arranged to have in the door as at. 71., which increases the size the shelf 0' rest upon the bottom of the even of the oven; and when so constructed, this 10c 50 or elevated a slight distance therefrom, in space or recess 71 of the door gives room for which case the same form as the guide (1 can the entrance of the-shelf as it is drawn out by 7 near the outer or forward face thereof.

the lever. In order to obtain a movement such as will increase the throw of the door, and so increase the distance where the shelf is drawn by the lever out of the oven, I pivot or hinge the door some distance back from the opening into the oven, the advantage of such hinging being that as the door swings to a point farther from the edge of the oven the shelf can be drawn out just so much farther in opening the door.

The hinge I desire to employ is what may be termed a double hinge, being shown in the drawings at j, the inner end of which is pivoted to a lug "L on the body of the stove, and the outer end being pivoted to a lug 7.: The hinge is supported on the platform Z, which relieves it of strain, also sustaining the weight of the door when open. The platform has an abutment-shoulder Z at its outer end to limit the movement of the hinge j.

Vhen the door it is closed, it will swing on the double hinge, turning on the outer hinge, while it swings on the inner hinge, and so providing for the carrying of the door entirely to one side of the mouth of the oven, and then after the closing of the door against the mouth of the oven, the inner edge of the door fitting some distance beyond the mouth of the oven nearest the hinge, such construction permitting the movement of the door without forming any obstruction to the movement of the shelves when they are first drawn out of the oven. The outer edge of the platform I is rounded off, as at l, to allow the hinge j to swing freely, a slight abutment Z being at the outer side thereof, against which the leaf portion of the double hinge j will strike, and so prevent said leaf portion from moving beyond the platform.

. As it is desirable to have the shelves so arranged that both of them or either of them will be drawn out when the door is opened, or that the door may be opened without drawing out the shelves, I employ the rods 17 having the hooks p, which hooks when the rods are turned pass into or out of slots or holes 1 in the ends of the rods fg, respectively, according to whichever shelf it is desired to draw out of the oven. Therods 19 extend through thebody of the door h, and are journaled in suitable bearings cast in the body of the door. The rods 1) have handles on the outer surfaces of the door by which they can be operated. The hooks 1) move in such a course that when the door is closed and the rod turned in one direction the hook will pass through the slot or opening 7" in the end of the lever and so connect the door to the lever and the shelf to which the lever is pivoted, the stop or shoulder f on the shelf being in such position as to guide the lever in proper position to be engaged by the hook when it is turned.

I prefer that the end of the levers shall enter the space within the body of the door, coming close to the wall thereof, and to form f of the shelves.

the rods 19 of but short length, as I by this means increase the distance that the shelves may be drawn out of the oven.

The several parts embodying my invention having been arranged in the manner above described, their operation is as follows: When the door is closed and the shelves rest in their normal position within the oven, the levers f g extend out into the space 77. within the doorand rest against the stops or shoulders If it is desired to open the door without moving the shelves, the rods 1) .areturned into such positions that their hooks do not engage with the levers; but if it is desired to draw out one of the shelves-- such as the upper shelf c-before opening the door, the upper rod 19 is turned, so that its hook p enters the slot or hole 7' at the end of the lever f, so connecting the door to the lever and its shelf. After the door is opened it draws out the shelf with it, and as the movement of the part of the door at which the lever is connected is greater than that part of the door near its hinge, in the first stages of the movement of the shelf, it enters the space it of the door, the door swinging 011 its hinge and its edge being drawn away, so that it will not come into contact with the shelf, the pivoting or hinging of the door some distance from the mouth of the oven enabling it to swing to one side and to move in a larger radius, and so enabling me to draw the shelf out a considerable distance. As the point of the door to which the shelf is connected is swung to one side, it swings on the double hinge until the lever f passes to the side of the front inner corner of the shelf, the lever extending into the space within the door and on account of the curved shape of the lever, this movement being continued for a greater swing of the door than if the straight lever were employed, as the edge of the lever does not strike the inner edge of the door so soon. The shelf may be in this way drawn out of the oven for a considerable distance, indeed over half of its length, and so give easy access to all parts of the shelf. When it is desired to close the oven, as the door is drawn around through the lever f, it forces the shelf back into the oven,the lever swinging between the steps or shoulders f f and carrying the shelf back to its original position. If it is desired to draw out the lower shelf, the hook p of the upper rod 13 is disengaged from the lever f, and the hook of the lower rod caused to engage with the lever g, that acting to draw out the lower shelf as the door is opened, in the manner above described.

I am thus enabled to operate the shelves without cutting off any of the front portion thereof, and to draw them out for a suflicient distance to giveeasy access to the entire shelf, and to draw out either shelf, as may be de sired; and I so overcome all danger of burning of the hands in reaching within an oven through direct contactwith'the shelves, greatly increasing the convenience to the housewife in the Work necessary in connection With baking and like operations.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a stove or range oven, a shelf sliding therein, a lever pivoted to said shelf, and a double hinge pivoted some distance from the mouth of the oven and also pivoted to the body of the door, said door be ing connected to said lever, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a stove or range oven, a double hinge pivoted some distance from the mouth of the oven, and a door pivoted to said double hinge near the forward face thereof, and a platform over which said double hinge travels, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

The combination of a stove or range oven, a double hinge pivoted some distance from the mouthof the oven, a door pivoted to said double hinge near the forward face thereof, and a platform over Which said double hinge travels, said platform having a shoulder against which the hinge will strike, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination of a stove or range oven, a shelf sliding therein, a lever pivoted to the under part of said shelf, and a guidestrip secured to the under side of said shelf supporting the lever, substantially as and for the purposes set-forth.

5. The combination of a stove or range oven, a shelf sliding therein, the lever f, pivoted to the rear of said shelf, the guide-strip f secured beneath said shelf and supporting the said lever, a hinged door 71, having the rod 19 secured thereto, and the hook p, engaging with the lever f and detachable therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I, the said YVILLIAM J. TURPIN, have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM J. TURPIN.

Witnesses:

JAMES I. KAY, J. N. OooKE. 

